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The geology of Ghana is primarily very ancient crystalline basement rock, volcanic belts and sedimentary basins, affected by periods of igneous activity and two major orogeny mountain building events.
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Geologic map of the Tarkwa gold district in Ghana showing significant folding and faulting associated with Eburnean metamorphism. [1] Geologic map of Ivory Coast, in which the "Eburnean, geosynclinal facies " is equivalent to the Birimian .
Geologic map of the Tarkwa gold district in Ghana showing significant folding and faulting of the Birimian Geologic map of Birimian outcrops in Mali, at Bougouni and Kenieba. The Birimian rocks are major sources of gold and diamonds that extend through Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali and Burkina Faso.
Ghana is characterized in general by low physical relief. The Precambrian rock system that underlies most of the nation has been worn down by erosion almost to a plain. [1] The highest elevation in Ghana, Mount Afadja in the Akwapim-Togo Ranges, rises 880 metres (2,890 ft) above sea level. [1] There are four distinct geographical regions. [1]
Geologic map of the Tarkwa gold district in Ghana showing significant folding and faulting. The Man Shield (Leo-Man Shield or Leo-Man Craton) is a geological shield or craton in the southeast portion of the West African Craton. The shield is in part overlaid by gold-bearing Birimian formations.
D. Atta-Peters, and M.B. Salami. 2006. Aptian-Maastrichtian palynomorphs from the offshore Tano Basin, western Ghana. Journal of African Earth Sciences 43:379-394
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